Ferguson, which had held that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S.
The decision partially overruled the Court's 1896 decision Plessy v. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision by the U.S. Richmond County Board of Education (1899)īrown v. This case overturned a previous ruling or rulingsĬumming v.
District Court of Kansas reversed.Ĭhief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black Segregation of students in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because separate facilities are inherently unequal. 1955) motion to intervene granted, 84 F.R.D.
1951) probable jurisdiction noted, 344 U.S.
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